A teenager who tried to kill a Florence Township police officer last year has said he wanted to promote terrorism, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.
Fasihullah Safar, 17, of Alexandria, Virginia made the admission during a sentencing hearing in Mount Holly Superior Court on Jan. 22, the prosecutor’s office said.
Safar also said he began following the Islamic State terrorist organization, formerly ISIS, in the months before the attack in March…